|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 58,116
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 58,116 |
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 65
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 65 |
I really should RattleCan the bitch...to make it even Sleepier.................(grin) You really are joking .. Right? Think about the OP's criteria... Cheap. Looking for a good basic tool, not something to be babied. And I would baby anything expensive. I'm thinking $100 to 200 is my price range. But not junk. Seems like a tall order for that money
Even though you are "laughing", I still stand behind my suggestion for a Flying Dragon tuned Xisico... *EDITED* I should know better than to feed the trolls. Sorry for the rant.
Last edited by Hoosier_Daddy; 05/14/19.
We don't take friends camping... we MAKE friends camping!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,993
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,993 |
No apologies required. Bourbon loosens me up too.... lol
Work is what you do to finance your real life.....
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 32,029
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 32,029 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,529
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,529 |
Decide what you really want, then just "spring" for it. Save, borrow, sell blood, whatever it takes. Settling just sucks.
What fresh Hell is this?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,247
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,247 |
I've got a Crosman 6300 built by Anshutz in Germany. If you could find one used, I would certainly recommend one.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 10,640
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 10,640 |
Save up and get yourself a Beeman R7 in 177 or if you want a little more power get the R9. Either could easily become your favorite gun.
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 13,732
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 13,732 |
Just buy a Chinese B-3 and ignore the Riff-Raff.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 1,513
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 1,513 |
Steel sights and 100 feet in .177 or .22, I'd choose a pumper. Benjamin 392 or 397.
Now if you don't need sights, and you want a springer,...and a bit of a sleeper. And want to extend that hundred feet out to 60 or 70 yards. The Ruger Blackhawk Elite .177 is powerful and accurate. And has an excellent 2-stage trigger that can be adjusted down to a potentially dangererous feather touch in the wrong hands. But I love the hair trigger for enhancing it's pinpoint accuracy.
Last edited by DollarShort; 01/20/20.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,993
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,993 |
Well, I guess that good things really DO come to those who wait....
Lucked into a .20 caliber Beeman R9 today, but in the Crosman price range. And its like new.
I thought it had been modified by the PO since the sights are missing and there is some sort of shroud over the muzzle end. Turns out that its a version called the "Elite Series Combo" from Pyramid. Comes with a Bushnell 4-12x40 AO too.
So now - where can I find the sights (I do t need them, I'd just like to have them), and does anyone have any good pellets to recommend?
Thanks!
Work is what you do to finance your real life.....
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 5,703
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 5,703 |
That's a great find! It'lll be great for hunting! I like the JSB 13.73gr. They were the most accurate from the Beeman Crow Magnum. Find some pellets it loves and stock up. It's not common enough to get really good pellets at the local sporting good stores. I bought a pellet sampler of .20cal pellets from Straight Shooters and several pellets were discontinued by the time I ordered some tins... Fortunatly the JSBs it likes best were still available but the Crosman Premier was not.
"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,993
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,993 |
Thanks, and I will.
Found some Benjiman 14.3 cylindricals yesterday, and I will order some JSBs, maybe more. Hopefully I can find a nice aerodynamic pellet that shoots well and keeps its energy up out to 50 yards.
Lucky, lucky find! I could have spent more money at Wal-Mart, and I'm not even sure if this one has been fired.
Work is what you do to finance your real life.....
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,595
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,595 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,595
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 10,595 |
Put a scope on it instead of sights.
|
|
|
733 members (12344mag, 10Glocks, 10gaugemag, 16penny, 007FJ, 1234, 72 invisible),
2,975
guests, and
1,232
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,187,764
Posts18,401,436
Members73,822
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|